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Date transcribed2011-08-00
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name patterns established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Omichand    
Birth Year  ?    
Death Year  1758    
Entry  Amirchand : a Panjabi by birth and a Nanak-panthi, i.e. a disciple of Guru Govind Nanak : joined in Bengal the trading business of Boistab Chand Sett and his brother, Manick Chand .Sett of Burra Bazar, Calcutta : while working under the Setts, amassed considerable wealth and set up business on his own account : made an immense fortune as Principal Contractor of the E. I. Company : most of the best houses in Calcutta were owned by him. In the beginning of 1757, when the English were arranging with Mir Jafar and others to dethrone Suraj-uddaula, Omichand, being cognisant of the conspiracy, asked for thirty lakhs as the price of silence : Clive designed to make him believe that the English intended to reward his services by inserting an article in the treaty drawn between them and Mir Jafar. Two treaties were drawn up, one fictitious, the other genuine. Omichand was shown the fictitious treaty, which provided for his reward. Admiral Watson had refused to sign this treaty, and his signature was written by another hand. After the battle of Plassy, Omichand was made aware of the genuine treaty, in which no mention was made of him. It is said that, on perceiving that he was cheated, he fainted away and lost his reason. The accuracy of this statement has been questioned. He died suddenly at Malda, Dec. 5, 1758.     
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